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energy generation in the future because we got to win ourselves off and over lines of one kind of energy generation. >> [inaudible] called for equalizing statutory rights for allowances between adopted parents. this can be done by regulation. so could the deputy prime minister asked a minister or two to meet with me to eliminate this unfairness? >> i was certain make sure the relevant minister meets with a. i would like to pay tribute to her former and long-standing campaign to equalize the rights of parents of the top to children to parentally for instance, to equalize that with other parents. something i certainly believe should be the case and something we'll be looking at as they can and hope we can make an announcement on that very issue in a not-too-distant future. >> will be deputy prime minister agreed a chance for initiative to get the oecd act on an international tax avoidance is all the more important when you consider nine oil just went up 60 cents in the last 50 years and income tax receipts almost double? >> that's what i think it's quite right a treasure in the chancellor
energy generation in the future because we got to win ourselves off and over lines of one kind of energy generation. >> [inaudible] called for equalizing statutory rights for allowances between adopted parents. this can be done by regulation. so could the deputy prime minister asked a minister or two to meet with me to eliminate this unfairness? >> i was certain make sure the relevant minister meets with a. i would like to pay tribute to her former and long-standing campaign to...
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>> i think this is clearly -- marine renewable energy is clearly an area where the southwest has a real natural advantage and it's one of the many areas of renewable energy which is reflected in our diverse approach to renewable energy generation in the future because we've got to wean ourselves off an overreliance on one kind of energy vention and spread our bets more fairly and sustainably in the future. >> valerie vaz? >> thank you, mr. speaker. not only is it obama day but adoption week. my 10-minute rule bill called for equalizing statutory rights for leave, pay and allowances for adoptive parents and parents to whose children are born to them and can be done by regulations. could the deputy prime minister ask a minister to meet with me? >> i would certainly make sure that the relevant minister meet withs with her and would like to pay tribute to her for living -- for a long-standing campaign to equal the rights of parents and i believe it should be the case and something we're looking at closely as a government and hope we'll make an announcement on that very issue in the not too
>> i think this is clearly -- marine renewable energy is clearly an area where the southwest has a real natural advantage and it's one of the many areas of renewable energy which is reflected in our diverse approach to renewable energy generation in the future because we've got to wean ourselves off an overreliance on one kind of energy vention and spread our bets more fairly and sustainably in the future. >> valerie vaz? >> thank you, mr. speaker. not only is it obama day but...
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this is made our country much more energy independent and has brought the price of natural gas down. i hope we can agree we don't want to reverse that and continue to go forward with these wonderful changes that have taken place in energy. we have a chance to see a renaissance in manufacturing. a lot of these jobs going overseas may come home. i have been asked and i would make three quick points. i think this election was about a lot of things. i think it is more complicated than that. i would start with the candidates. mitt romney is a good man. he wasn't as natural a communicator as the president . he had a habit of saying things that didn't help him. the president is a natural and gifted communicator. the democrats had a much better get out the vote operation. republicans need to focus on that. democrats were better in the swing states in getting at the base. the third thing is the following. 55% of moderates voted for barack obama for president. why did the republicans lose the moderates? the farther right positions governor romney was forced to take in the primary to get the no
this is made our country much more energy independent and has brought the price of natural gas down. i hope we can agree we don't want to reverse that and continue to go forward with these wonderful changes that have taken place in energy. we have a chance to see a renaissance in manufacturing. a lot of these jobs going overseas may come home. i have been asked and i would make three quick points. i think this election was about a lot of things. i think it is more complicated than that. i would...
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we doubled the production of clean energy. which promises to reduce the utilization of fossil fuels for power generation. and we continue to invest in potential breakthrough technologies that could further remove carbon from our atmosphere. but we haven't done as much as we need to. so what i'm going to be doing over the next several weeks, next several months, is having a conversation a wide-ranging conversation with scientists, engineers, and elected officials to find out what more can we do to make short-term progress in reducing carbon and then working through an education process that i think is necessary, a discussion, a conversation across the country about what realistically can we do long-term to make sure that this is not something we're passing on to future generations that's going to be very expensive and very pain to feel deal with? i don't know what either democrats or republicans are prepared to do at this point. because this is one of those issues that is not just a partisan issue. i also think there's regional
we doubled the production of clean energy. which promises to reduce the utilization of fossil fuels for power generation. and we continue to invest in potential breakthrough technologies that could further remove carbon from our atmosphere. but we haven't done as much as we need to. so what i'm going to be doing over the next several weeks, next several months, is having a conversation a wide-ranging conversation with scientists, engineers, and elected officials to find out what more can we do...
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energy. that will change manufacturing costs during how long before that begins to pass through into the national budget as a revenue producer in a variety of different ways? >> if you permit me to go beyond that -- it is incredibly exciting. it is helped dramatically reduce our dependence on foreign oil. we have gone about 60% dependents down to 42%. in a report out yesterday said by 2013, the united states will be energy independent. that is a huge deal overtime -- a report said that by 2030, the united states will be energy independent. that is a huge deal over time. that will strengthen the economy. at changes our circumstance. we will keep money at home. that will help create more jobs. that will improve our competitive position. that is going to have a budget in fact the most budgets are looking at a five-year window. very rare that we go beyond five years three the vast majority of time, it is a five- year window pretty do not get that much help in the first five. it has enormous impli
energy. that will change manufacturing costs during how long before that begins to pass through into the national budget as a revenue producer in a variety of different ways? >> if you permit me to go beyond that -- it is incredibly exciting. it is helped dramatically reduce our dependence on foreign oil. we have gone about 60% dependents down to 42%. in a report out yesterday said by 2013, the united states will be energy independent. that is a huge deal overtime -- a report said that by...
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to be a good general, you need enormous physical energy and intellectual energy. right now, we have generals who are all very fit, but many of them do not have that intellectual energy. an example would be tommy franks. not well-educated in generalship. thinking about politics but that is not his job. it is said that the job of the general is to connect the political and the military. the military operations have to have political consequences. >> you can find all of this program in this c-span video library. we're going to take that to the woodrow wilson center for a discussion on the the middle east and u.s. foreign policy. the conversation includes robert malloy. they're just getting started here on c-span. >> my colleague who is the president for new initiatives and a distinguished order -- scholar for the center, will moderate and take questions. we have a number of people, so aaron will be taking questions from you here. you have been coming to our meetings over a number of years, so let me say that he is the author of the forthcoming book "can america have
to be a good general, you need enormous physical energy and intellectual energy. right now, we have generals who are all very fit, but many of them do not have that intellectual energy. an example would be tommy franks. not well-educated in generalship. thinking about politics but that is not his job. it is said that the job of the general is to connect the political and the military. the military operations have to have political consequences. >> you can find all of this program in this...
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and is fundamentally reshaping energy policy. if you think about drones and the war on terror and what technology has allowed, a footprints' the -- a footprint that is more effective in getting bad guys without much involvement on the ground, is the changing technological environment working to overturn established power orders or to reinforce the established power orders? david. >> as you say, this is an ebb and flow and always has been, just as the american stance of when we want to intervene and when we want to pull back has gone in a cycle. the technological flow has gone in a much faster cycle. in the past 10 years, i think it has reinforced american power. if you look at what president bush was doing in his second term and what president obama has doubled down on and triple down on in his first term, what you see is an exploitation of these technologies to try to replace traditional, on the ground kinds of wars of attrition that we have traditionally been in. drones are a great example, as you mentioned. there were 48 or 49
and is fundamentally reshaping energy policy. if you think about drones and the war on terror and what technology has allowed, a footprints' the -- a footprint that is more effective in getting bad guys without much involvement on the ground, is the changing technological environment working to overturn established power orders or to reinforce the established power orders? david. >> as you say, this is an ebb and flow and always has been, just as the american stance of when we want to...
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you put energy as a topic, absolutely right. shale, oil, there is abundant energy coming. getting it out puts people to work and might make us a net energy exporter again. it makes manufacturing more attractive, energy is cheaper, jobs are starting to come back to the united states. we are on the threshold of very good news for america and the world. it will validate our economic and political systems. but we have got to get past the political gridlock and deal with this deficit and debt issue and show that we can make that hard decision. if we do, then these other things will kick in. >> ok, let's go to the middle east. two issues that have been in the news a lot, iran being won -- and you have written a lot about what you think is the best approach. and then there is the issue of syria. police say some words about what you see as the next step. how do we see that unfolding? what is the way forward with syria? >> three things. one, you know, the arab spring turned out to be less spring. a better term is the arab awakening. it is going to take a long time. look, it was ine
you put energy as a topic, absolutely right. shale, oil, there is abundant energy coming. getting it out puts people to work and might make us a net energy exporter again. it makes manufacturing more attractive, energy is cheaper, jobs are starting to come back to the united states. we are on the threshold of very good news for america and the world. it will validate our economic and political systems. but we have got to get past the political gridlock and deal with this deficit and debt issue...
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to be a good general, you need enormous physical energy and intellectual energy. right now, we have generals who are all very fit, but many of them do not have that intellectual energy. an example would be tommy francks. not well-educated in generalship. thinking about politics but that is not his job. it is said that the job of the general is to connect the political and the military. the military operations have to have political consequences. host: his bucks include "the gamble." published two years ago. he has a new book now called "the general." we have inspired a conversation on facebook and twitter -- host: you can write to us to join that conversation. wild and wonderful was the twitter name. liz, maryland, democrats line, good morning. caller: i have a quick comment. i have been keeping up with this over the past couple of days. i actually listened to david petraeus accept his position and he gave a great speech. he talked about his life. people cheat on their wives all the time. this is not a new discovery. general petraeus will probably retire comfortab
to be a good general, you need enormous physical energy and intellectual energy. right now, we have generals who are all very fit, but many of them do not have that intellectual energy. an example would be tommy francks. not well-educated in generalship. thinking about politics but that is not his job. it is said that the job of the general is to connect the political and the military. the military operations have to have political consequences. host: his bucks include "the gamble."...
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we doubled the production of clean energy. which promises to reduce the utilization of fossil fuels for power generation. and we continue to invest in potential breakthrough technologies that could further remove carbon from our atmosphere. but we haven't done as much as we need to. so what i'm going to be doing over the next several weeks, next several months, is having a conversation a wide-ranging conversation with scientists, engineers, and elected officials to find out what more can we do to make short-term progress in reducing carbon and then working through an education process that i think is necessary, a discussion, a conversation across the country about what realistically can we do long-term to make sure that this is not something we're passing on to future generations that's going to be very expensive and very pain to feel deal with? i don't know what either democrats or republicans are prepared to do at this point. because this is one of those issues that is not just a partisan issue. i also think there's regional
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speaker, i'm pleased to yield five minutes to the distinguished ranking member on the energy and commerce committee, the gentleman from california, mr. waxman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. mr. waxman: thank you very much for yielding to me. mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to the bill. a warmer planet has less ice, higher sea levels, more water in the atmosphere, more powerful storms, more frequent floods, dreier droughts and worse wildfires. two weeks ago hurricane sandy brought a powerful and tragic reminder that the combination of sea level rise and more powerful storms can be deadly, devastating and extremely costly. hurricane sandy was the only -- only the latest and most dramatic in a series of extreme weather events. over the past two years we've had recordbreaking temperatures , the worst drought in 50 years , major floods, numerous tornadoes and thunderstorms and vast wildfires. this is what global warming looks like. and if we continue to ignore it it will soon look far worse. we should be doing all we can to reduce carb
speaker, i'm pleased to yield five minutes to the distinguished ranking member on the energy and commerce committee, the gentleman from california, mr. waxman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for five minutes. mr. waxman: thank you very much for yielding to me. mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to the bill. a warmer planet has less ice, higher sea levels, more water in the atmosphere, more powerful storms, more frequent floods, dreier droughts and worse...
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we could have energy legislation. we haven't even had a defense bill or appropriations bill or cybersecurity. joe lieberman is still trying to get the cybersecurity bill which is really important for this country. really dangerous. but the president, he is our leader. he needs to engage more. we got somebody here in the room that can talk to him. i'm incurable optimist. i think he may do it. >> well, i think it's got to start in this lame-duck session that begins tomorrow. we can't adopt a total bipartisan balanceed budget agreement but we can get -- balanced budget agreement but we can get started. we can have a down payment at least to cover the first year of what otherwise would be the sequester which is $110 billion, and i think we got to prove we can do some tax reform and we can do some entitlement reform and pull it together. and then adopt a process that tries again to push the committees -- according to the regular order -- to come out with enough savings and spending, enough new revenue as part of tax reform
we could have energy legislation. we haven't even had a defense bill or appropriations bill or cybersecurity. joe lieberman is still trying to get the cybersecurity bill which is really important for this country. really dangerous. but the president, he is our leader. he needs to engage more. we got somebody here in the room that can talk to him. i'm incurable optimist. i think he may do it. >> well, i think it's got to start in this lame-duck session that begins tomorrow. we can't adopt...
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we were not concerned about pollution or running out of energy, democracy was going to be triumphant. everybody was optimistic. i think we have become more realistic. that said, there have been many things that have changed. you look at the some of them, antibiotics have become less effective. during the second world war as penicillin was introduced, it took 30,000 units of penicillin to cure a disease. in fact, people would agree use it. it was so expensive but so powerful. and in that we use millions of units and it does not work at all. now, there had been major changes in the landscape, we have a global world now which is where you can get anything you want very very rapidly. jfk has 0.1 million international visitors a year. we can reach 72 countries with a nonstop flight. anything over there can be here immediately. we were beginning to see diseases going global. in addition, we have had a lot of deforestation. that results in exposure to animals that we did not have before. there have been many things that have been come before. it is usually referred to in the context of hiv,
we were not concerned about pollution or running out of energy, democracy was going to be triumphant. everybody was optimistic. i think we have become more realistic. that said, there have been many things that have changed. you look at the some of them, antibiotics have become less effective. during the second world war as penicillin was introduced, it took 30,000 units of penicillin to cure a disease. in fact, people would agree use it. it was so expensive but so powerful. and in that we use...
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it is so important that u are here and as i'm sure difficult and tragic i thank you for having the energy to be here. and help people put a face on this. there is a role of these agencies. and that no time should ever someone say this is a gray area, i don't want to overstep the boundaries. because the fact that people did that ended up in a tragic loss. so i thank you for having the courage to be here and helping to put a face on it. thank you. >> do you swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god? >> i do. >> thank you. i will recognize myself for the first part of the question. mr. caden are you the one of the owners of the new england compounding center or necc the company that distributed contaminated injectables to medical clinics doctors offices and hospitals across this country? >> on advice of counsel i respectfully decline to answer on the bases of my constitutional rights and privileges including the fifth amendment to the united states constitution. >> mr. caden, 32 people have died. 400 people are infected and scores of others who were injected wit
it is so important that u are here and as i'm sure difficult and tragic i thank you for having the energy to be here. and help people put a face on this. there is a role of these agencies. and that no time should ever someone say this is a gray area, i don't want to overstep the boundaries. because the fact that people did that ended up in a tragic loss. so i thank you for having the courage to be here and helping to put a face on it. thank you. >> do you swear to tell the whole truth and...
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as someone who went went on to work in renewable energy for two decades, i know that mathematics can be an essential feature to find solutions to many challenges facing humanity. mr. mcnerney: it will spotlight the importance of mathematics. the national focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education will ensure the united states remains global competitive force in the marketplace. people across our nation are working together to create a better world, and it's important their efforts be recognized and supported. i encourage my colleagues to join me in recognizing the benefits and goals of the mathematics of planet earth project. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise to urge my colleagues here in the house of representatives and citizens all across the united states to join in an unambiguous message to support israel i
as someone who went went on to work in renewable energy for two decades, i know that mathematics can be an essential feature to find solutions to many challenges facing humanity. mr. mcnerney: it will spotlight the importance of mathematics. the national focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education will ensure the united states remains global competitive force in the marketplace. people across our nation are working together to create a better world, and it's important...